United States. Army. Air Corps
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
My life in the military-- World War II
Collection — Manuscript box 71 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924093382426]
Identifier: 6688
Scope and content
Memoir of his experiences in the Infantry, the Detached Enlisted Men's List (office clerk), and in the Army Air Corps. He served in Accra (Ghana, then Gold Coast), Khartoum (Sudan), Port of Aden, Karachi (Pakistan, then India), and Chakulia and in aerial operations in China, Singapore, and Japan.
Dates:
2001.
Nicholas Sawicke collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-4183
Scope and content
Printout of photographs and documents, including the 423 Bomb Squadron in Wendover, Utah, 1942; clippings; medals; honorable discharge certificate; Cornell diploma; photographs of him and his wife; and a photograph of him at his 90th birthday in 2013. Also an oral history recorded March 24, 2015 with Evan Earle, a WW2 aviation enthusiast and Cornell University archivist. Sawicke describes his time in the military and experiences flying over Europe during World War II. Conversation includes...
Dates:
1942-2015.